The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-26

Fire at The Langley Factory, Nea
Augusta-A Gainesville Negro Wht
Was True to His White Friend
Through Thick and Thin A Los
Pocket-book Sensation.
GEORGIA.
Between 1000 and ? 500 tickets were sole
at Covington for the exposition.
One hundred negro laborers were shipped
Monday from Augusta to work on the
Goodwater extension.
j. A. Jeffers has been appointed agent of
the Wrightsville and Tennille railroad at
WrightSville, vice II. V. Kent
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Savannah. Griffin and North Ala
hama railroad will be held in Griffin on
Nov g.
At Gainesville the cotton factory began
operations Friday and in a few days will
be running on full time and up to capacity
The start was made without flourish, and
the public did not know that it was running
until Saturday.
At Powder Springs Sunday, Fletcher Nc
Gee who was thrown from his buggy by a
runaway mule died from the injuries re-
ceved. The accident occurred near CalifDr-
MIA court ground, three miles from his
home. He was not conscious after the acct
dent
There was a very considerable loss from
fire on the plantation of Allen w. Jones,
near Midwife last Monday, amounting to
about 81, 900. Nine tenants houses, a cot
ton house and ten bales of cotton, together
with some 800 panels of fencing were de
stroyed
Special Pension Officer Steele was in
Griffin Monday, and received from Mrs.
Haffcr GIoG tho taapaixva6 nv ha. -,
the Brooks fraudulent pension affair. This
viii probably relieve her from any further
trouble, but leaves the matter looking
rather more serious for the other parties in
volved.
James Alexander, of Americas, exhibits
a small limb which has upon it four good
sized apples of a second crop. The tree bore
beautiful crop of apples in the summer,
and is now full with a second crop. His fig
trees are also full with second crop. j. n.
Scarborough says he has a LeConte pear
tree which is full with a second crop.
At Greensboro Wednesday Capt W H.
Branch brought in load of fine watermel-
ons. These melons were large and delicious,
some of them weighing as much as twenty
pounds. They found ready purchasers at
good prices. Some of the buyers packed
the melons in sawduSt and will endeavor TO
keep them preserved until Christmas.
There is a lady in Brunswick who has just
celebrated her 50th birthday. She is the
mother of fourteen children and has several
grandchildren, was married at 10 years old,
and to-day will pass in any crowd of ladies
for s. years old. Her good husband in tell
ing of it said: And we have done as much
hard work as any couple in Brunswick
r. j. Parker, who lives on the Everett
place, near Waynesboro, on last Monday,
while feeding a cotton gin, accidentally had
bis left arm caught by the saws, and before
The gin could be stopped his hand and arm
were frightfully gashed up. DR.. McMaster
went to his relief, and after carefully dress
ing the injured limb reports that he is doing
as well as could be expected.
The county alliance of the Farmers ALI
ance, of Schley county, met on Friday as per
appointment Among the most important
business was steps taken for the organiza-
ton of State alliance, therefore, all the
county alliances of the State are requested
to elect delegates at once to meet in Ameri-
ems, on Wednesday before the third Sunday
in November next. for the purpose of or
ganizing a Farmers State alliance.
Capt. L. NJ. Roberts, of Brunswick, had
a sad experience i'll his household last Sun
day evening. The cat got locked up in his
dining-room, where the table was all spread
ready for supper. The Captain and family
their return on opening the dining-room door
they found that his catship had eaten all he
wanted and scattered the rest all over the
floor. To cap it all il was Sabbath, and the
cook had been dismissed and was gone.
At Griffin Monday Walter Bates, one of the
proprietors of the Griffin gin, happened to a
very serious if not fatal accident. The ell
CINE used at this ginnery is a fifty horse
power improved engine, and at the time
xr-o- ,s,,,,r, f,,1t
attempted to throw the main belt off with a
small piece of scantling, which was twisted
out of his hand and whirled around with the
rapidity of lightning. On the rebound it
struck him a severe blow Just under the
left ear and along the jaw bone, knocking
him senseleSs, in which condition he re-
manned for sometime.
At Montezuma Monday, when the train
stopped at the station, a negro passenger
jumped off and ran TO the nearest barroom
for drink. The train was behind time.
and it started before the negro had got
back. he ran as fast as he could, Jumped
for the steps, missed his footing and rolled
under the cars For a moment he looked as
though he would be crushed to death, and
as the train moved on he lay still and
quiet, and people thought him dead. On ex-
animation, however, it was found that one
of his feet was crushed, and was amputated,
and all that surgical skill could do was done
for him.
; Last Wednesday a party of negroes, re-
turning from Augusta, got of at Chalker
and started to their homes on a neighboring
plantation. Among the crowd were George
Mason and John May, both the worse for
whisky. A dispute arose between them as
to remnant Of whisky in a flask. May as
saulted Mason with drawn knife, and Ma
son, after retreating for some distance, made
one thrust at his adversary, cutting his
throat from ear to ear. In the absence of
the magistrate Of the district, and the great
distance to the Coroner's residence, Justice
Bostick went out and held an inquest, the
verdict being justifiable homicide.
ID. K. Walker, of Thomaston, has on his
place an old negro woman about 50 years of
age. His father bOeght her when she was
but 10 and She has been in the family so
long that she rather thinks she still belongs
to them. The other day she went into the
house and asked Mrs. Walker to write a letter
for her to her mother, who she said, belongs
to st. George" Her mother, of course, has
been dead many years, but the simple
creature has forgotten the lapse of time
and thinks of her mother as still alive. This
old woman has some gourds, pitchers, cups
etc, which must be considerably over a
century old, as they belonged TO the 'mistis'
of this old woman's mother
John r. Giddens, of Dodge county, tells
quite singular incident which occurred to
him a few mornings since Mr.. Giddens
arose early, as Is his custom, dressed him
self, put on his hat and went out to the well